Re: [AMC-list] d@mned holley carb anyway

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, Tom, J can support!
The black goo of death gets everywhere!
Once it hardens on the valve stems, well, there go some pushrods....and a general valve cleaning and start over.

I surmise from what I see that if, one was able to get a car running and go through a tank of gas without shutting it off while the fuel concentration of old gas is high, one may be able to avoid the black goo....maybe...

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Victor the Cleaner" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 9:15:56 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] d@mned holley carb anyway

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 07:53:43AM -0400, Matt Haas wrote:

> Have you had your gas tank cleaned out? I've heard of this problem from 
> quite a few people (and it happened to my wagon before I got it) and all 
> of these cars had one thing in common: they were ran with old gas.
> 
> Modern gas seems to break down into a tar like substance and the only 
> way to get rid of it is to clean the gas tank. If you don't you'll end 
> up fighting sticking valves and bent push rods.
> 
> Matt

Really?  I've just been through the cleaning-out-digusting-gas-tank-goo
routine with the resurrection of my '63 Ambo, and what came with it was
*carb* problems.  Specifically, the gunk was sticking the float bowl
needle valve shut, and killing the motor due to starvation.  A not very
pleasant situation out on the highway.

I'd be very surprised if that stuff made it as far as the valves without
first creating other problems elsewhere.

Jonathan

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